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Tony Mendoza Opens Up About Campaign for State Senate, Life, Passions

Tony Mendoza Opens Up About Campaign for State Senate, Life, Passions

By Tammye McDuff Tony Mendoza was born and educated in South Central LA, the second youngest of nine children. Mendoza was raised in a single parent home; knowing the struggles…

7.6 Earthquake Hits Iquique, Chile

7.6 Earthquake Hits Iquique, Chile

A massive 7.6 earthquake has hit Chile on Wednesday night.  Here are the specific details of the incident. Event Time 2014-04-03 02:43:15 UTC 2014-04-02 23:43:15 UTC-03:00 at epicenter 2014-04-02 19:43:15 UTC-07:00 system…

Downey, Norwalk Suspects Arrested In Brutal Knife Attack of US Marines

Downey, Norwalk Suspects Arrested In Brutal Knife Attack of US Marines

By Pete Parker   A man and woman from Norwalk and Downey have been arrested and booked on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon after a brutal stabbing attack…

Judge Rules Against Assessor Candidate Prang Over Ballot Designation Title

Judge Rules Against Assessor Candidate Prang Over Ballot Designation Title

By Brian Hews Los Angeles Superior Court judge James C. Chalfant ruled on Friday that a candidate running for county assessor cannot refer himself as a “deputy assessor” on the…

VIDEO: Parents Protest Central Basin Water Director James Roybal at Teacher Jail

VIDEO: Parents Protest Central Basin Water Director James Roybal at Teacher Jail

Note: Video at end of article. By Brian Hews   Parents and children protested Central Basin Director James Roybal at the Education Service Center East better known as “Teacher Jail”…

Earthquake Damage Reported in La Habra, La Mirada, Whittier

Earthquake Damage Reported in La Habra, La Mirada, Whittier

By Brian Hews The 5.1 earthquake that hit the greater La Habra, Whittier, and La Mirada area on Friday night has caused mostly minor damage, but reports of more serious…

OP/ED: Whittier Daily News Stealing Stories…Once Again

OP/ED: Whittier Daily News Stealing Stories…Once Again

By Publisher Brian Hews     I am firmly convinced that the word attribution in LA’s newspaper industry has gone by the wayside. It happened to us when we broke…

‘Teacher Jail’ Demonstration Against Central Basin Director Roybal Attracts Police, Protestors

‘Teacher Jail’ Demonstration Against Central Basin Director Roybal Attracts Police, Protestors

By Brian Hews    It has not been a good week for embattled Central Basin Municipal Water District Director James Roybal after two-dozen protesters urged that he resign from office…

Construction on Firestone Boulevard Improvements Start

Construction on Firestone Boulevard Improvements Start

By Tammye McDuff Groundbreaking for the new Firestone Boulevard Improvement Project began this month, after a two year design period with the Downtown Downey Subcommittee. Over the past two years…

Ian Calderon ‘Loans’ Father Charles Calderon $10,000 for LA County Judge Campaign

Ian Calderon ‘Loans’ Father Charles Calderon $10,000 for LA County Judge Campaign

    UPDATED AT 12:45 p.m. By Brian Hews California State Assemblyman Ian Calderon donated $10,000 to his father Charles Calderon’s campaign for Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge this…

Paul Walker, Roger Rodas Killed After Hitting Power Pole Going 80-93 MPH Final Report Confirms

Paul Walker, Roger Rodas Killed After Hitting Power Pole Going 80-93 MPH Final Report Confirms

THIS IS BREAKING NEWS! Los Angeles County Sheriff’s traffic collision experts have determined the speed of the vehicle driven by Roger Rodas, that claimed his life and the life of…

BREAKING: Man Identified as Wayne Patrick Cooper Killed In ‘Gang Related’ Murder in Downey

BREAKING: Man Identified as Wayne Patrick Cooper Killed In ‘Gang Related’ Murder in Downey

By Brian Hews A man has been shot and killed in Downey early Tuesday morning, in what police officials believe is related to a known area gang. According to Lt.…

SLUSH FUND: Central Basin Directors Violated Open Meeting Laws

SLUSH FUND: Central Basin Directors Violated Open Meeting Laws

PROTESTERS ALSO STAGE DEMONSTRATION AGAINST DIRECTOR JAMES ROYBAL OVER HIS PARTICIPATION IN THE CONTROVERSIAL “TEACHERS JAIL” AT THE LOS ANGELES UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT. By Brian Hews and Brian Hews A…

Central Basin Directors Attempting to Settle With Pacifica Services at Special Board Meeting

Central Basin Directors Attempting to Settle With Pacifica Services at Special Board Meeting

Roybal, Apodaca, and Vasquez changed agenda to include closed session item and Central Basin’s attorneys have not been invited. By Brian Hews Hews Media Group-Community News has confirmed that Central…

CERRITOS COLLEGE PRESIDENT LACEY EARNS NEARLY $300,000 IN SALARY

CERRITOS COLLEGE  PRESIDENT LACEY EARNS NEARLY $300,000 IN SALARY

Divisive  former Faculty Senate President Bob Chester tops teacher  salary figures earning $183,000 for working 11 months out of the year.  By Brian Hews and Brian Hews     Taxpayers…

Central Basin Water District Fiscal Meltdown Looms After Insurance Agency Drops Coverage

Central Basin Water District Fiscal Meltdown Looms After Insurance Agency Drops Coverage

By Brian Hews and Brian Hews   The politically explosive Central Basin Municipal Water District (CB) appears to be within a few days of financial armageddon after the agency was…

PHOTOS: Marcel Rodarte Takes Over Mayor’s Gavel In Norwalk

PHOTOS: Marcel Rodarte Takes Over Mayor’s Gavel In Norwalk

Note: If you would like to hear the audio please press the “Audio” Icon on the upper left hand corner of the slideshow. Song is “In the Still of the…

La Mirada Crime Summary Mar. 10 – Mar. 16, 2014

La Mirada Crime Summary Mar. 10 – Mar. 16, 2014

DUI and Driver’s License Checkpoint Nets 2 DUI Arrests Members from the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department and La Mirada Public Safety conducted a sobriety and driver’s license checkpoint on March…

Op/Ed: Central Basin Director Leticia Vasquez Slammed at Her Own Press Conference

Op/Ed: Central Basin Director Leticia Vasquez Slammed at Her Own Press Conference

By Brian Hews The embattled Central Basin Municipal Water District (CB) exists for the purpose of providing fresh drinking water to two million residents residing in 24 cities. It is a far…

Norwalk Officials Break Ground on New Clean Fueling Station

Norwalk Officials Break Ground on New Clean Fueling Station

By Pete Parker    Local, state and federal officials gathered to break ground on a new clean fueling station in Norwalk last week that when completed will be one of…